The Role of Circulating Regulatory T Cell Levels on Subclinical Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Mario García-Carrasco, Pamela Soto-Santillán, Claudia Mendoza-Pinto, Rebeca González-Ramírez, Ana Lidia López-Carmona, Pamela Munguía-Realpozo, Ivet Etchegaray-Morales, Socorro Méndez-Martínez, José Luis Gálvez-Romero, Aurelio López-Colombo, Alejandro Ruiz-Arguelles

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Autoantibodies in a Three-Year-Old Girl with Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall by Gholamreza Pouladfar, Zahra Jafarpour, Amir Hossein Babaei, Bahman Pourabbas, Bita Geramizadeh, Anahita Sanaei Dashti

“…Clinical presentations and laboratory findings of VL and autoimmune diseases may overlap in some patients.…”
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Targeting TLR/IL-1R Signalling in Human Diseases by Maria Loiarro, Vito Ruggiero, Claudio Sette

“…On the other hand, an aberrant activation of TLR/IL-1R signalling can promote the onset of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, raising the interest in the development of therapeutic strategies for the control of their function. …”
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Immune Tolerance Regulation Is Critical to Immune Homeostasis by Lei Han, Tianxiang Wu, Qin Zhang, Anning Qi, Xiaohui Zhou

“…Its induction or elimination plays a significant role in autoimmune diseases, organ transplantation, and cancer therapy, markedly impacting various major diseases in modern clinical practice. …”
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The effects of magnesium supplementation in autoimmune rheumatic diseases by Aaron Lerner, Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Carina Benzvi, Motti Haimi

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Effect of Humulus lupulus L. (Hop) on Postmenopausal Sexual Dysfunction: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Zahra Vahedpoorfard, Samira Ferdosi, Habibollah Rahimi, Hossein Motedayyen

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A Hypothesis Concerning a Potential Involvement of Ceramide in Apoptosis and Acantholysis Induced by Pemphigus Autoantibodies by Wendy B. Bollag

“…Autoimmune diseases affect more than 50 million Americans, resulting in significant healthcare costs. …”
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Central Role of Gimap5 in Maintaining Peripheral Tolerance and T Cell Homeostasis in the Gut by Mehari Endale, H. Ibrahim Aksoylar, Kasper Hoebe

“…In humans, GIMAP5 has been associated with autoimmune diseases although its function is poorly defined. …”
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Effects of Anti-Cytokine Antibodies on Gut Barrier Function by Fang Liu, Seul A. Lee, Stephen M. Riordan, Li Zhang, Lixin Zhu

“…Anti-cytokine antibodies are used in treating chronic inflammatory diseases and autoimmune diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease and rheumatic diseases. …”
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Meeting Report on “The International Congress on Autoimmune Pre-disease (2024)” by Justus Ohmes, Afsaneh Mehrpouyan, Julia Wimmer-Groß, Abdul Razzaque Ahmed, Kyle T. Amber, Swayanka Biswas, Angela Christiano, Shirin Emtenani, Stephanie Goletz, Jennifer Elisabeth Hundt, Laura Kirchhoff, Khalaf Kridin, Julie Lasselin, Matthias Laudes, Wing Yu Lee, Ralf J. Ludwig, Sripriya Murthy, Sadegh Mousavi, Tamas Nemeth, Mareike Neumann, Isa Popken, Rochi Saurabh, Alessia Maria Sbaraglia, Jovan Schanzenbacher, Carolin Schmidt, Leon F. Schmidt-Jimènez, Christian Willi Scheiner, Mareile Schlotfeldt, Nora Schoell, Farbod Bahreini, Sarah Stenger

“…The event featured various talks and posters from young researchers and international experts and emphasized early interventions and prevention in autoimmune diseases with a focus on systemic rheumatic diseases, pemphigus, and pemphigoid diseases.…”
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Growth Arrest Specific Gene 6 Protein Concentration in Cerebrospinal Fluid Correlates with Relapse Severity in Multiple Sclerosis by P. P. Sainaghi, L. Collimedaglia, F. Alciato, R. Molinari, D. Sola, E. Ranza, P. Naldi, F. Monaco, M. Leone, M. Pirisi, G. C. Avanzi

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Anti-HMGCR Specificity of HALIP: A Confirmatory Study by Andrés Baucells, Maria Angeles Martínez, Marcelo Alvarado-Cardenas, Anaís Mariscal, Laura Martinez-Martinez, Cándido Juárez, Albert Selva-O’Callaghan

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Fenofibrate Inhibited the Differentiation of T Helper 17 Cells In Vitro by Zhou Zhou, Weiliang Sun, Ying Liang, Yanxiang Gao, Wei Kong, Youfei Guan, Juan Feng, Xian Wang

“…Recent findings suggest that enhanced activity of interleukin-17 (IL-17) producing T helper 17 cells (Th17 cells) plays an important role in autoimmune diseases and inflammatory diseases. Previous papers have revealed that a lipid-lowering synthetic ligand of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα), fenofibrate, alleviates both atherosclerosis and a few nonlipid-associated autoimmune diseases such as autoimmune colitis and multiple sclerosis. …”
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Integrated microfluidics-based construction of anti-BTN2A2 gel droplet cell preparations for non-invasive tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy by Yishen Tian, Jingxuan Li, Na Yang, Yang Zhao, Jiancao Zuo, Hang Xiong, Yiwen Pan, Li Xiao, Min Su, Feng Han, Zhixu He, Rong Hu

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Myricetin exposure reduces PC differentiation in vitro in primary human B cells by Shabirul Haque, Betty Diamond

“…Blocking or reducing PC differentiation is one approach to treat autoimmune diseases that are characterized by the presence of pathogenic autoantibodies. …”
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Asbestos and Probable Microscopic Polyangiitis by George S Rashed Philteos, Kelly Coverett, Rajni Chibbar, Heather A Ward, Donald W Cockcroft

“…Several inorganic dust lung diseases (pneumoconioses) are associated with autoimmune diseases. Although autoimmune serological abnormalities are common in asbestosis, clinical autoimmune/collagen vascular diseases are not commonly reported. …”
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PD-1 Blockade in Advanced Melanoma in Patients with Hepatitis C and/or HIV by Diwakar Davar, Melissa Wilson, Chelsea Pruckner, John M. Kirkwood

“…Given hypothesized risk of triggering exacerbations of autoimmune diseases and/or chronic viral infections, clinical trials (including regulatory studies) evaluating checkpoint blocking antibodies PD-1 and CTLA-4 have excluded patients with autoimmune diseases, chronic hepatitis B/C virus (HBV/HCV), and/or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections. …”
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Livedoid vasculopathy with mononeuritis multiplex associated with protein S deficiency mimicking systemic vasculitis by Vikramraj K Jain, Krishnamurthy Hegde, Renuka Panchagnula

“…LV can be associated with thrombophilias, fibrinolytic disorders, autoimmune diseases, and malignancy. Polyarteritis nodosa closely mimics the disease and needs a deep dermal biopsy to differentiate.…”
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Vitiligo in a Patient Treated with Interferon Alpha-2a for Behçet’s Disease by Esra Guney, Gulunay Akcali, Betul Ilkay Akcay, Cihan Unlu, Gurkan Erdogan, Tahir Kansu Bozkurt, Huseyin Bayramlar

“…Interferon treatment in various diseases have also been observed causing certain autoimmune diseases such as vitiligo because of its immunomodulatory activity. …”
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Tolerance in Kidney Transplantation: What Is on the B Side? by Laura Carreras-Planella, Francesc E. Borràs, Marcella Franquesa

“…Regulatory B cells (Breg) are in the spotlight for their role in immune homeostasis maintenance and tolerance achievement as in the last years the correlation with functional and increased Breg numbers in autoimmune diseases and transplantation has been extensively proven. …”
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